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1、Unit2RobotsUsingLanguage(II)AbiographyofIsaacAsimovSkimming:Glancethroughthepassageandthenfindouttheanswerstothefollowingquestions:WhichparagraphtellsyouwhenandwhereAsimovwasbornanddied?Whichparagraphtellsyouabouthiseducation?Whichparagraphtellsyouaboutawardsherecei

2、ved?Para.2Para.3Para.5Readthroughthetextandthenfindouttheanswerstothefollowingquestions.WhatsubjectdidAsimovteach?Whendidhestarthavingstoriespublished?Howmanychildrendidhehave?FastreadingHetaughtbiochemistry.In1939.Twochildren,asonandadaughter.ReadaboutIsaacAsimovan

3、dcompletethetimelineoftheeventsinhislife.DateEventBorninRussia.___________.___________________________.Parentsboughtacandystore.___________________________.Motherhadherthirdchild.____Startedtotakehimselfseriouslyasawriter.____________________________________________

4、____________________.SisterbornMovedwithfamilytoNewYorkStartedworkinginacandystore1931BeganhavingstoriespublishedinsciencefictionmagazinesDateEvent____GainedMaster’sdegreeinchemistry.Finishedworkinginthecandystore.________________.1942-1945__________________________

5、___.____GotPhDinchemistry.____Becameabiochemistryteacher,BostonUniversitySchoolofMedicine.Publishedhisfirstnovel.__________________.Developedthreelawsforrobots.1941Gotmarried19481949PublishedI,RobotWorkedasjuniorchemistYardDateEvent1951-1953Published“TheFoundationTr

6、ilogy”andwonanawardforit._____Publishedfirstsciencebook_____Becameafull-timewriter.Divorcedhisfirstwife.__________________________._____Hadabloodtransfusion.BecameinfectwithHIV.1992________________________.19531958Marriedforasecondtime1983DiedinNewYorkAsimov’sLawsFo

7、rRobotsFirstLaw:Arobotmustnotinjurehumanbeingsorallowthemtobeinjured.SecondLaw:Arobotmustobeytheordersgiventoitbyhumanbeings(aslongashumanbeingarenotinjured).ThirdLaw:Arobotmustprotectitsownexistence(aslongashumanbeingsarenotinjured;andaslongastherobotdoesnotdisobey

8、thehumanbeings).DiscussionWhichsetoflawsdoyouthinkisbetter?why?2.WhatmighthappeninaworldwheretherewererobotsifAsimov’sthreelawsdidnotexist